Everforth ECS is seeking a highly skilled Full Stack Engineer with extensive experience in designing, building and maintaining large scale API's for enterprise level applications in support of the Department of Homeland Security. Tools necessary for excelling in this role include Java (with Maven, Gradle, etc), JavaScript Frontend frameworks (React, Angular, etc), Elastic and other data sources, and DevSecOps in the Cloud.
This role will focus heavily on modernizing legacy systems with deprecated code bases, requiring both technical expertise and creative problem-solving abilities. You will play a critical role in rearchitecting our application's API infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability and long-term maintainability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the design and architecture of robust, scalable API's for large enterprise level applications.
- Integrate and operate CI/CD pipelines used for building and releasing code and container images.
- Assess and refactor deprecated code bases implementing best practices for modernization and performance improvement.
- Collaborate with engineers to integrate React-based user interfaces with scalable APIs, leveraging React expertise to enhance API interactions, support legacy system modernization, and ensure seamless functionality and optimal user experience.
- Provide solutions for legacy system migration while minimizing system downtime and operational risks.
- Identify and resolve technical debt in older systems while transitioning them to modern Java frameworks and tools.
Salary Range: $130,000 - $160,000
General Description of Benefits
Required Skills
- Must have US citizenship.
- Ability to pass a Public Trust investigation.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.
- Minimum 10 years of total work experience
- 5+ years with Java (8 and beyond) with strong experience in legacy system modernization.
- 8+ years with Python with strong experience in legacy system modernization.
- 5+ years developing responsive web apps using React, Redux, and modern JavaScript.
- Strong background in API development, including 5+ years building RESTful microservices and service-oriented architectures.
- 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines and deploying/operating in AWS or Azure Cloud environments.
- 3+ years of experience with Springboot or other stateless Java frameworks
- 3+ years developing applications in a production setting and troubleshooting complex issues within legacy environments and proposing effective solutions.
- Solid understanding of Git, version control workflows, and collaborative development practices.
- Familiarity with CX and UI/UX principles and their application in modern software design.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical challenges and solutions to non-technical stakeholders.
Desired Skills
- Experience with migrating monolithic architectures to microservices or other modern architectures, exposure to best practices and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and tools.
- Experience with the following tools: Docker, Keycloak, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Gitlab.
- 5+ years experience with relational databases and ORM technologies, experience with ElasticSearch or Opensearch a plus.
- Familiarity working in Agile / SCRUM Development environments
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ECS Federal LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.
Everforth ECS is the federal segment of Everforth, a $4B global organization with over 10,000 employees. Our nearly 3,500 professionals deliver advanced technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation, serving defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.
Our work powers mission-critical outcomes, strengthens technology partnerships, and creates meaningful opportunities for our people. We are defined by a commitment to excellence in delivery, a culture of innovation, and an environment where talent can thrive and grow.
We value:
- Attracting and developing top talent and high-performing teams
- Fostering a culture that is engaging, accountable, and mission-driven
Meet the challenge. Make a difference with Everforth ECS!
Bachelor's degree, U.S. citizenship, Public Trust eligibility, 10+ years total experience, and extensive Java, Python, React, API, cloud, CI/CD, and legacy modernization experience.
Key Responsibilities
- architecting APIs
- operating pipelines
- modernizing systems
Skills & Tools
Java, Maven, Gradle, Python, React, Angular, Redux, JavaScript, Elastic, CI/CD, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Spring Boot, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Keycloak, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, GitLab, ORM, Agile, Scrum
Job Details
- Category: Software Development
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — Virginia, United States
- Salary: USD 130,000 – 160,000 / year
- Languages: English
About ECS Federal LLC
A federal technology services organization delivering data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation solutions. — Industry: Information Technology